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42 big menus, one small price

Charlotte Restaurant Week will serve up plenty of places to try upscale dining for only $30

Grab an idea that's seductive anytime: discount dining. Splice it into one of the draggiest restaurant seasons of the year – mid-July – and cast plenty of upscale spots, along with more middle-range places: Holy halibut, Batman! You've got something hotter than Hellboy for the summer … and possibly of higher quality.

CHARLOTTE STEAKHOUSES

We ate 'em,
we rate 'em

Food critic Helen Schwab dines at Charlotte's top steakhouses and picks her favorite ribeye

Where's the most impressive steak in town?

INSPECTIONS; SMOKE-FREE DINING

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Mecklenburg County Health Department's services to help you find the sanitiation grade, smoking status, and healthy menu options for your favorite restaurants.

OBSERVER DINING GUIDE

Dining Guide

The following restaurants are among the best in their categories, chosen by restaurant writer Helen Schwab.

FIRST BITE: Opinionated Peek at a New Restaurant

THE SAVORY 16

Q&A | Helen Schwab on Dining

Cozy, inexpensive Italian food in uptown

Q. Hello! We live in Myers Park... native North Carolinians.... baby boomers. Just took the lite rail and got outside of our 9 dots.... loved it! Now we want to go downtown for dinner this Sat. night to eat Italian. 07.07.08

GET IT TO GO

JUST A TASTE/THE SKINNY ON DINING

WORLD OF WINE

  • The affordable Bordeaux – really

    Approachable wines are overshadowed by their more expensive kinfolk.

    On the wish list of every fine wine lover are wines from Bordeaux.

  • Wine Calendar

    Upcoming events:

  • Wine & (pimento) cheese

    What happens when food staples of the Carolinas are matched with adult beverages? Eat, drink and read on.

    Sweet tea is the beverage of choice with Eastern N.C. barbecue. But what if you want to enjoy your 'cue with a more grown-up beverage? What would you grab at the local wine store?

RECENT RESTAURANT STORIES AND REVIEWS

  • Grill's mix: Hot color, warm service

    Mexican fare is a step up from American chains, with hits and misses.

    At its best, 1900 Mexican Grill is a little neighborhood spot that manages to bridge the gap between the simple sit-down taquerias of South Boulevard and Central Avenue and the brightly colored Mexican American chains of – everywhere.

  • First Bite: Pizza Peel

    The Food: Into this renovation of a Mellow Mushroom in Cotswold comes pizza with a newfangled whole wheat crust that Will Bigham, who runs the place, continues to work on.

  • $30 deals continue at 3 spots

    Restaurant Week spills over with a few more places:

  • Summer drinks

    We're all hydrating this summer, right? Even with recent rains, we need to keep drinking!

  • Barrington's chef makes plans for new restaurant

  • Want some eggs with that? Big Daddy's now has breakfast

    Big Daddy's Burger Bar (1626 East Blvd.) now offers breakfast, with egg dishes (Big Daddy Benedict tops poached eggs with slider patties), French toast, a breakfast burger (topped with egg, ham, bacon and American cheese) and more.

  • Pricey eatin'

    Next time Mary Easley stops in, here's where I'll send her. (Y'all can use this list for the next time clients say they're buying, or mom offers to pay, or you win the lottery. Lottery! Get it?)

  • Owners of Thai eatery move on

    Q. What happened to the owners of Monsoon Garden on East Independence after it closed? It was my favorite Thai restaurant and I'd love to find out if they opened a new spot.

  • Amelie's adds ‘savory' pastries to offerings

    Amelie's “savory program” is a go at 2424 N. Davidson St., with items such as bacon, egg and cheese in puff pastry; zero-carb sausage, egg and cheese bake; spinach and asiago in vol-au-vent; and ham on buttered baguette joining the sweet pastry lineup.

  • First Bite: Andrew Blair's

    The Food: Andrew Blair's subheading is “Comfortable Dining,” and that's what the owners of Angry Ale's and Eat Here Now are going for with their third venture, a contemporary-styled place with an upscale/downscale menu. Carpaccio to cheeseburgers, mussels to meatloaf sandwich, the long lineup has something for everyone. Best of what we tried was sliced pork tenderloin stuffed with Granny Smith apple and drizzled with cider sauce, lobster chunks in a modern take on mac-n-cheese (fusilli and Fontina), and a wedge with caramelized pecans and red and yellow tomatoes that easily feeds two. Portions are sometimes

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